• אֶקְדָּה S 688 TWOT 1987b GK 734 n. [ m. ] perhaps flery glow, sparkle ; אַבְנֵי אֶקְדָּ˜ח Is 54:12 i.e. carbuncles (?);— Ö λίθους κρυστάλλου , É lapides sculptos , Aq Theod Sym.
קדם
(
√ of foll.;
be before, in front
,
cf.
Assyrian
ḳudmu
,
front, former time;
Arabic
قَدَمَ
(
qadama
)
precede
(so Ethiopic
˜˜˜
(
qadama
)),
IV,
v.
be bold and foremost in attack
(
קָדַם
1 a
);
Sab.
קדם
begin
Hom
Chrest. 126,
march forth, advance
,
CIS
iv, No. 79, 1, 9
SabDenkm
No.
9, 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
,
קדם(הו)
front
CIS
iv, No. 276, 1. 2
;
Ph.
כקדם
as formerly
(?); Old Aramaic
קדם
before
, so
Palm. Nab
.; Biblical Aramaic
å
קֳדָם
before;
Syriac
ܩܕܰܡ
(
qdam
)
precede;
NH
קָדַם
be in front
)
.
•
קֶ˜דֶם
S
6924, 6926
TWOT
1988a
GK
7710, 7713
n.
[
m.
]
front, east, aforetime
;—
abs.
ק׳
Dt 33:27
+,
קֶ˜דֶם
Ju 8:10
+,
cstr.
קֶדֶם
Pr 8:2
2; once
pl. cstr.
קַדְמֵי
v
2
3;—
1.
loc.
a.
front
,
מִקּ׳
Is 9:11
from the front
(i.e. East),
in front
(
opp.
מֵאָחֹור
),
אָחֹור וָק׳
ψ 139:5
behind and before;
ק׳ אֶהֱלֹךְ
Jb 23:8
I go forward
(
opp.
אָחֹור
).
b.
East:
הַר־הַקּ׳
Gn 10:30
(
J
)
mount of the East;
בְּנֵי־ק׳
=
dwellers in the E., tribes E. or NE. of Canaan
Gn 29:1
(
E
),
Ju 6:3
,
33
;
7:12
;
8:10
;
1 K 5:10 Is 11:14 Je 49:28 Ez 25:
4,
10 Jb 1:
3;
הַרְרֵי ק׳
Nu 23:
7,
v. Di
Sachau
Reise (1883), 159 ff. 165 ff.
Dr
in
Hast
PETHOR;
אֶרֶץ ק׳
Gn 25:6
(
J
);
מָֽלְאוּ מִקֶּדֶם
Is 2:6
they are full from the E.
(ins. prob.
קֶסֶם
,
מִקְסָם
, or
<
קֹסְמִים
before
מִקּ׳
,
cf.
Lo De Du Che
Hpt. Di-Ki
t); elsewhere
מִקּ׳
=
eastward:
(1)
in the E.
Gn 2:
8; (2)
on the E.
(side)
12:8
(
J
)
Zc 14:4
;
מִקּ׳ לְ
on the E. of
Gn 3:24
(
J
),
12:8
(
J
),
Nu 34:11
(
P
),
Jos 7:2
(JE),
Ju 8:11 Ez 11:23 Jon 4:5
; (
3
)
eastward
,
c.
vb.
of motion
Gn 11:2
;
13:11
(both
J
).
2.
temp.,
ancient time, aforetime:
a.
הַרְרֵי ק׳
Dt 33:15
ancient mts.
,
cf.
אֱלֹהֵי ק׳
v
2
7,
מַלְכֵי־ק׳
Is 19:11
,
בִּשְׁמֵי שְׁמֵי־ק׳
ψ 68:34
.
b.
בִּימֵי ק׳
ψ 44:2
in ancient days;
cf.
מִימֵי ק׳
from of old
Is 23:7 Mi 7:20 La 1:
7;
2:17
,
Is 37:26
=
לְמִימֵי ק׳
2 K 19:25
(
v.
מִן
9 b
(2));
כִּימֵי ק׳
Is 51:9 Je 46:2
6;
יַרְחֵי קֹ
Jb 29:2
months
Aq Aquila. Theod Theodotion. SabDenkm Sabäische Denkmäler, edd. Mordmann & Müller . opp. opposite, as opposed to, or contrasted with.
J Jehovist. Hast James Hastings. < indicates that the following is to be preferred to the preceding. Lo R. Lowth.